Former Elon QB Riddle stabbed in fight

Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 12:42 PM.

Heaton said about 45 minutes after the subjects left the club, Riddle walked back across the street and Heaton saw that the back of his shirt was wet.

“I didn’t know what happened, but I saw that he was bleeding. The young man said he didn’t know who attacked him, but I knew it wasn’t good,” Heaton told the Asheboro newspaper. “I offered to take him to the hospital, but about that time, his friends pulled up in an SUV and said they would take him to the hospital and I told them that I was calling the police.”

Riddle, 24, was taken to Randolph Hospital and later transported to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was released from that hospital Monday, based on Courier Tribune reports and sources at Elon.

Riddle was a high school standout for Eastern Randolph, where he was the quarterback for a 2006 state-championship team. From there, he arrived at Elon, where he became a record-setting quarterback as a four-year starter for some of the school’s best teams since playing at the Division I level.

Riddle also spent time as an infielder on Elon’s baseball team.

Heaton told that Courier Tribune that he keeps an eye on who comes and goes and knows that Parsons had been in before, but, as far as he knew, Friday night was the first time Riddle had been to the club.

Spencer said the altercation between Parsons and Riddle didn’t begin in Shananagins.

ASHEBORO — Former Elon University quarterback Scott Riddle is out of the hospital after suffering stab wounds near an Asheboro night club during the weekend.

A Troy man has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill on a warrant from Asheboro Police, the Asheboro Courier Tribune reported.

Riddle, who had been stabbed three times with a knife, was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Dakota Ryan Parsons, 21, has been charged in Montgomery County.

Asheboro Police Sgt. Charles Spencer told the Courier Tribune that Parsons was picked up in Montgomery County several hours after the alleged incident occurred at about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in Asheboro. Parsons appeared before a magistrate, who set a $3,000 unsecured bond and Parsons signed a written promise to appear in court.

His first appearance in Randolph County court is scheduled for April 2 in Asheboro.

According to a Courier Tribune report, the owner of Shananagins night club, Gunner Heaton, said Riddle and his friends and Parsons and his friends left before closing and both groups went across Church Street into the Farmers Market parking lot.

Heaton said about 45 minutes after the subjects left the club, Riddle walked back across the street and Heaton saw that the back of his shirt was wet.

“I didn’t know what happened, but I saw that he was bleeding. The young man said he didn’t know who attacked him, but I knew it wasn’t good,” Heaton told the Asheboro newspaper. “I offered to take him to the hospital, but about that time, his friends pulled up in an SUV and said they would take him to the hospital and I told them that I was calling the police.”

Riddle, 24, was taken to Randolph Hospital and later transported to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was released from that hospital Monday, based on Courier Tribune reports and sources at Elon.

Riddle was a high school standout for Eastern Randolph, where he was the quarterback for a 2006 state-championship team. From there, he arrived at Elon, where he became a record-setting quarterback as a four-year starter for some of the school’s best teams since playing at the Division I level.

Riddle also spent time as an infielder on Elon’s baseball team.

Heaton told that Courier Tribune that he keeps an eye on who comes and goes and knows that Parsons had been in before, but, as far as he knew, Friday night was the first time Riddle had been to the club.

Spencer said the altercation between Parsons and Riddle didn’t begin in Shananagins.

Heaton told the Courier Tribune that he has five security employees and an inside / outside camera system so that if there is a problem, he has video evidence for law enforcement.